Government confirms it raised bugging with US

The Irish Council of Civil Liberties has joined with similar bodies worldwide in stating that the NSA action violates human rights, and they are supporting an investigation into the activities by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
The news that the Government had been in touch with the US was contained in a written response from the department to a question from Fianna Fáil TD Brendan Smith last July. It was unclear if the department had received a response from the US.